Ticket.



H. A. DRAKE.

TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY23, 1913.

1,153,043. PatentedSept. 7. 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD A. DRAKE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

TICKET.

Application filed May 23, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD A. DRAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tickets, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tickets, and particularly to a device for ascertaining the size, lot and price of hats or like articles; and it has for its object the provision of a ticket of this character which may bestruck up from a single piece of cardboard, celluloid or like suitable material and arranged with reversible indicia bearing surfaces that are free relatively at certain points in their lengths so that they may be made to straddle the inner band of the hat and the ticket arranged in proper display position, while being retained against casual derangement from the band.

with the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and ar-- rangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of a hat, showing the application of a ticket thereto. liig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the ticket. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the'blank from which the ticket is constructed. Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

The ticket comprises a single-piece of suitable stiff material such as cardboard, celluloid or the like having an appropriate width and a suitable length so that the data relating to the kind, price and size of the hat may be clearly exhibited when the ticket is in an applied position.

The ticket is formed of the single piece of material with indicia bearing portions 9 and 10 at opposite ends thereof. The por- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

Serial No. 769,493.

tions 9 and 10 are adapted to be folded on each other on the lines 11, and as illustrated the portion 10 is provided with side extensions 12 that are adapted to be folded onto the main body of the portion 10, so as to positively separate said portion from the companion portion 9. The spacing devices are coated on both sides with a suitable adhesive so that the companion indicia bearing portions of the ticket are properly held against separation.

I From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advan tages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The herein described ticket comprising a strip folded on its transverse central line so that the ticket is doubled and formed in two elongated portions, one portion of.

In testimonv whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOWVARD A. DRAKE. \Vitnesses RALEIGH W. HICKS, R0131. A. BRENT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

